HPe3000

AS400 OS Release

All Other Platforms

• Fixed wordwrap hang on Place Text Action if new lines were inserted and the width was set to the default of ‘0’.
• Unix script generator modified to include reference to new Unix java class which was added in previous build.
• Toolkit would hang if a large number of error messages were generated from an external batch ( .bat ) file. This has been fixed. Messages are now reported in the eFORMz log.

Build 11 with eReader 1.2.4

• A new option was added to the Concatenate function to append a new line when using the ‘word-wrap’ feature of Place Text action. The default is unchecked.
• A negative value ( -1) in the Substring function “starting index” indicates to start from the end of the string.
• Added a vertical alignment option ( top, bottom, center ) to the Place Text Action dialog box.
• Attempting to copy a ‘copied’ form using the ‘drag-n-drop’ feature would generate an error. No longer permitted.
• Added the ‘Coronet-SemiBold-Italic’ font entry to the fontspecfile.
• Added a quarter inch of empty space to the right and bottom of all project trees for better readability.
• New priority setting for individual input queues (or directories). Each input queue executes a queue monitor in a separate thread. The new setting allows the user to control the execution priority of each of these threads individually. Since the handling of threads is controlled by Java’s Virtual Machine ( JVM ), the manner by which Java performs these executions will differ on each platform. The higher the priority ( 1-10 ), the more execution time is given to a thread in relation to other threads and processes.
• Generated a new java class specifically for the Unix print monitor. In previous versions the Local Monitor code was used for both the Windows and Unix environments.
• A new facility to apply external functions to the product has been included. External functions are configured into eFORMz similar to the way pre-processors are configured ( eFORMzCfg.xml ).
• New function
  Generate the checksum digit ( MOD10 ) for eVS ( ZIP-USPS Del. Conf.) barcodes.

Build 10 with eReader 1.2.4

• The file selection in the print monitor can now contain multiple file selection criteria. The delimiter between each file selection can be a space, comma, plus, or a minus. If the delimiter is a space, comma, or plus then the next file selection goes in an ‘include’ list. If the delimiter is a minus, then the next file selection goes in the ‘exclude’ list. A data file must match one of the selections in the include list and not match any of the selections in the exclude list to be processed. For example:
  
  File select statement = PO*.DAT - PO1.DAT - PO2.DAT
  Files processed = All PO files, with the exception of PO1.DAT and PO2.DAT
  
  Special note: the “+”, “-“ or “,” must be separated by a space before and after the symbol.
   
• Multiple pre-processors can now be configured within the ‘Advanced Tab’ of the Composer. One can also enable or disable the individual processes using the new Activate/Deactivate buttons.
• Increased the size of the Project Properties dialog box and a number of its associated tabs for easier reading.
• Spaces are now permitted as a search string in the ‘Replace and Multiple Replace’ pre-processors.
• Fix made to the port monitor executable file for the 32-bit version ( monset ) released in 6.09.04 for Win2003 pc.
• Includes the latest MSSQL JDBC driver ( ver 1.2 ) for database retrieval. Note the new driver/url references:
  
  New Driver/URL statements:
  Driver class - com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver
  URL - jdbc:sqlserver://$
  
  Old Driver/URL statements:
  Driver class - com.microsoft.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver
  URL - jdbc:microsoft:sqlserver://$

Build 08 with eReader 1.2.4

• Added ‘A5’ as a new ISO 216 standard paper size option.
• Fixed a problem with legal sized paper and rotated text. The bottom margin was not set correctly when the paper size changed. Since the bottom margin becomes the left margin when text is rotated, the text was misaligned.
• Updated the release of Java, which accompanies the product, from version 1.5.0_06 to 1.5.0_13.

Build 07 with eReader 1.2.4

• Added a new option to the Set Value tab of a Variable to permit external file selection of images.
• Queue monitor variables can now be used by the Copy, Delete and Print files post -processing commands as well as within the e-Direct process.
• A modification had to be made to Run.jar to accept the new format of our release number.

Build 06 with eReader 1.2.4

• Added two new system variables:
  • Data File Name - returns the name of the current print file being process
  • Full Data File Name - returns the name and full path of the print file being process
  
  Note: processing on the AS400 will return the same value for both since the data resides in a queue.
   
• Fixed a problem with the placement of an underline when code existed in the input file.
• A new pre-processor ‘Multiple Replace Occurrences of a String’ was added which permits multiple search/replace string entries to intercept and change incoming data prior to the merge process.

Build 05 with eReader 1.2.4

• Option to use the value of the rule variable for the file name of the image to load with a “Load Image” action.
• Fix made to the port monitor executable file for the 64-bit version ( monset64 ) released in 6.09.04.

Build 04 with eReader 1.2.4

• Added ‘word-wrap’ capability to the Place Text action function of a rule.
• Added new port monitor executable files ( monset.exe & monset64.exe) to resolve issues w/Windows 2003.
• Fixes made to editing the Table Lookup function. Occasionally the information was not being displayed properly.

Build 03 with eReader 1.2.4

• Variables can now be added which do not have to be associated with text from within the data grid. This can be achieved by generating a new variable specifying a character length of ‘0’.
• Added Variable selection to Form and Variable tree nodes. Defaults to no association with input data.
• Added Rule selection to Form tree node
• File name and Unique File Name fields added to e-Direct’s Fax output menu.
• Queue monitor variables ( <datafilename>, <datafileext>, etc.. ) can now be specified on external command lines.
• File extensions of “.bat” and “.sh” will automatically create text output.
• Disabled items within e-Direct were being evaluated even though no output was generated. Fixed.
• Added an attribute that fixed the copy count when printing from the AS400.
• With past releases, if an external command line did not contain a ‘%’ the print file name was automatically concatenated to the command. This has since been removed.
• The 32-bit ‘portmonitor.bat’ file contained an old command line reference. Updated.

Build 02 with eReader 1.2.4

• Added a new variable function ‘SQL Lookup’ which performs database lookups using standard SQL statements. The sql statement can be a constant or can be referenced by another variable. If there is an input parameter in the sql statement, the value of the input parameter will be the current value of the variable. The variable’s value will be set to the value of the first column of the first row of the result set.
  
  CAUTION should be used when constructing the sql statement to avoid time consuming queries.
   
• The existing variable function ‘Lookup’ has been renamed to ‘Table Lookup’. This change is backward compatible with all existing projects.
• Fix for Ecometry/Escalate Retail Airborne Express shipping label.

Build 00 with eReader 1.2.4

• HTML can now be specified as a file output format type. Two subfolders are automatically created that contain the form image files and any internal images referenced by the html file:
  
  \{ filename }_form_{ macro# }_images
  \{ filename }_images
   
• HTML (inline) can now be placed within the body of emails generated by e-Direct. This provides for company logos, images and/or enhanced text to be specified as part of the body.
• “Help Index” task bar menu item has been renamed to “eFORMz Manual”
• Added several new system ‘time’ variables.
• Addressed a problem with page length escape sequence changing the output page size.
• To improve efficiency, a number of changes were made to the email code and the way images are loaded. eFORMz will also attempt to determine the image resolution.
• Added support for PNG (Portable Network Graphics) files.
• E-mail system errors now provide more detail information.
• e-Direct will no longer create empty output files if no data pages are processed.
• Ability to use font specifications for absolute typeface values. The typeface value is a combination of a base value which defines the font and a manufacturer value. Until now, eFORMz would strip out the manufacturer value. Now you can have a font specified with the absolute value rather than just the base value.
• Added the ‘Times Roman by Monotype’ font entry to the fontspecfile
• Included the Times Roman fonts in the fonts folder.
• Updated our license check file utility to provide new prospects with a temporary license file that will permit a maximum page count value to be set for large volume testing. Output generated will still contain a watermark.

Version 6.8 Release Notes 06/28/07

• New option to exclude the timestamps from filenames generated by e-Direct print and email processes.
• When opening a project the first form in the viewer is displayed rather than the last.
• Printing in “PCL” or “Color PCL” modes in Windows created temporary files which if an error occurred these
  files would not always get deleted. These temp files are no longer produced.
• Multiple email addresses are now permitted in the “FROM” field matching that of TO, CC & BCC.
• Modified the Windows service configuration file ( jsl.ini ) to include the reference to java print service ( jps.jar ).
  Discovered that this parameter was missing which resulted in potential print errors if the device was not in a ready
  state ( refer to fix in release 6.6.03 ).

Build 04 with eReader 1.2.3

• Resolved a time-delay issue when printing PDF output generated by eFORMz.
• PDF form fill-in fields generated by eFORMz now print correctly.
• First and Last page buttons added to eReader form viewer module.
• Page number displayed within the eReader document viewer.
• Added a new SMTP dialog box which includes the following email options:
  • Importance
  • Sensitivity
  • Request a read receipt
  • SMTP User/Password
  If the user entry is not blank then the connection to the SMPT host is authenticated with the user/password configured.
• On some WIndos systems temporary print files would not be automatically deleted. This has been fixed.
• Element names within e-Direct can no longer contain spaces or special characters. Error dialog box will appear.
• Addressed memory release issue when performing multi-pass operations ( ie: e-Direct, Sorting, eFORMz doc files).
• Fix to e-Direct element assignment. One can no longer add an element, as a subordinate, to another element.
• New option to append “.hld” to the data file name after the file is processed by the print monitor (Local / Unix Toolkits). Previously the only options were to rename the existing extension or delete the file. New input file disposition choices are available.
• eMail error handling has been cleaned up.
• Corrected a bug in the port monitor if the capture directory went beyond 75 characters in length. Added option to enable tracing from the port configuration screen and the monitor will now track and assign its own file numbers instead of using the Windows job id, which would max out at 255.
• Current port monitor users need to stop the Print Spooler service and copy ‘efzMon.dll’ file to their Window System32 directory.
• Includes the latest revisions to many of the supported java jar files.

Build 02 with eReader 1.21

• A new pre-processor „Sequential Line Marker‟ was added which permits inserting text to the incoming data as a line identifier.
• Java search routine would always return a match found if the “search for” string was empty. This affected all binary operators and has been fixed.
• Color images that use 256 colors or less now have the raster data stored as indexes to a palette. Images that use more than 256 colors will have storage requirements in bytes. Results in an overall reduction in storage usage.
  
  Existing projects will work unchanged, however, images will have to be reloaded to take advantage of the storage reduction in the project.
   
• Right border of input field would not always print - fixed.
• Null pointer exception and hang would occur if data was read in with a project that had a pre-processor configured with no parameters – fixed.

Build 00 with eReader 1.21

• Modifications were made to permit Window‟s Vista HP LaserJet print drivers to produce form images.Recommended driver for this new operating system is the HP LJ 5200L.
• The Data Viewer window can now be adjusted to display data that may extend beyond the column limits of the form. This new setting can be found in the forms property dialog. The default setting is to match that of the form.
• The form viewer resolution value, in dots per inch (dpi), is now displayed in the viewer task bar.
• Fix for output format settings when printing to AS400 server. PCL (B/W) was reversed with PCL (color).
• Correction made to the Height value in LinePrinter font within the FontSpecs.xml file.
• Added a new Project Reference feature to the Local Toolkit which will allow one to perform “table-formatted” lookups on project names based on the name of the print file. The new extension for this reference file is ( .efr ).
• Fix for Ecometry/Escalate Retail USPS shipping label and Code128A barcode.
• A new option was added to project properties which specifies whether the output to xml format will be verbose or not. This results in a considerably smaller archived file ported to the eVUE database. The default is checked.
• Logic was introduced to omit font elements in xml output when they also exist in a form. As a result, memory usage is reduced by almost 50%, with an additional reduction in xml output file sizes.
   

Version 6.7 Release Notes 1/16/07

• Output generated for color pcl ( .cpcl ), using e-Direct, was not assigned a unique timestamp. Fixed.
• Modified the page numbering sequence of output generated by e-Direct to update our archival module (eVUE).
• Output generated by eFORMz sent to Windows print queues are given the name of the input printfile. At present time this will only work for “Image printing” output.
• OpenType font files are now supported by appending “,OpenType” to the end of the font file name specified with the FontSpecs.xml file.

Build 03

• Added a new (user-defined) barcode type to allow one to generate solid bars for basic bar chart usage.
• If text was printed which had imbedded pcl code for proportional typeface and the spacing was then set to fixed the subsequent text would print out as Courier ( default fixed typeface). Fixed.
• If barcode type ZIPCODE was specified in a project prior to the name change to POSTNET (ver 6.7.00) the conversion to the new name was not automatically done -reverted to the first barcode in the list ( 3of9 ). Fixed.
   

Build 02

• A ‘blank’ form can now be added internal to a project. A new forms display window will appear requesting either a blank form or an external pcl file.
• Data placed over shaded form images, in a multi-copy project, resulted in the characters displayed as white-filled. Fixed.
• Using the CNTL key to drag-n-drop a copy of an existing form within the project tree required that the project first
  be saved and then reopened. Fixed.

Build 01

• Fix for backward compatibility problem. “PCL” was change to “PCL (NONE)” – should be PCL (B/W) within the e-Direct wizard configuration.

Build 00 with eReader v1.2

• Added PCL color support for form Text Constants and Place Text actions when output is directed to a color printer equipped with PCL 5. Selected text can now be converted to color for enhanced reporting.
• Enhanced control of constant and data color within the Viewer.
• PDF output generated by e-Direct included our demo watermark even if a license file existed. This bug was introduced in the previous build ( 03 ) and has since been fixed.
• Added a new file check to verify that only one copy of the Local Print Monitor or service is running. This check is based upon the name of the configuration file and generates a temporary file if active.
• Changed ‘ZIPCODE’ barcode to ‘POSTNET’ to conform to industry standard naming convention.
• Added several new icons for item representation within the Toolkits and Input/Constants in the Composer
• Added code to permit Newgistic’s ™ SmartLabel ( return label ) to be made visible using Ecometry output.
• To permit memory allocations to go beyond Java’s maximum default setting of 512Kb, a new eFORMz.ini file was added which is user configurable. Excluding the file will revert to the default.
• A Unix Toolkit was added which provides similar capabilities as the Local Toolkit. Ability to create a configuration file along with data transfers. Future enhancement will include feature to start/stop a print monitor on this platform.
• ‘Concatenate’ and ‘Insert String’ functions now permit space(s) as the argument.
• Collapsed variable nodes shown to have functions even when they didn’t. Fixed.
• Discovered that the right border of Input Fields do not always appear when printed using eReader. The temporary work-around is to take the width value and divide by 4.8. The results cannot be an irrational number.